stubborn thief

At the foot of Manhan Mountain.

This place belonged to Jining Road in the Yuan Dynasty, and people still call it Jining even today.

It's just that now that there are no market towns and cities, outside the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, there is only the boundary line of the Marshal's Mansion.

To the west of Manhan Mountain is Yunzhong Town, the Marshal's Mansion, which is also where the Monan Governor's Mansion and Guihua City are located; to the east is Yanmen Town, which is under the jurisdiction of Qutu Taiji.

This Yanmen Town is actually the former hometown of Chahar.

The Yanmen Town drawn by Liu Shishi has only southern and western boundaries, but no eastern and northern boundaries.

The western boundary is Daihai at the foot of Manhan Mountain to the east of Guihua City; the southern boundary is the Xuanda Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Chengzong's original intention was not to let Qututaiji come to fight the Ming Dynasty, so he specifically pointed out that the southern border was the Ming Great Wall.

As for the east and north, it was not that Liu Chengzong deliberately did not draw the boundaries, but that Liu Chengzong did not know where the boundaries were. He had never been to Jining.

But Qututaiji is very familiar with this place.

In his subconscious mind, he thinks that the place is now filled with Mongolian tribes who betrayed Chahar in the past. When he sees Chahar's dragon flag symbolizing the Northern Yuan Dynasty, others will not communicate with him and will either turn around and run away or pounce on him. Just do it.

Qututaiji, the chief military officer of Yanmen Town, originally had very strong feelings for this land.

But when I came here, I realized that things are different and people are different.

Those tribes that betrayed the Great Khan were basically beaten to pieces in the war with Lin Dan Khan. In the past, there were thousands or even tens of thousands of strong and powerful tribes, but now they are just a small tribe with only a few thousand old and weak. , some tribes can't even raise five hundred young men.

On the contrary, their lords all became Mongol Beile of Houjin and ran to the east to live their lives.

The tribes that did not betray Chahar Khan were even worse. As the nobles were defeated and died, the entire tribe disappeared.

In the past few years, the Jin army was stretched thin. After Lin Dan Khan decided to move westward, Huang Taiji sent partial troops to the Monan grassland several times to use troops, but in fact he did not dare to surrender a large number of Chahar troops.

People's hearts always change more slowly than the environment.

Although the Northern Yuan Dynasty collapsed at any time, before Lin Dan Khan died in Qinghai, the Monan Mongols still had a huge psychological advantage over the Later Jin Dynasty.

This is very different from the defeat of the four Oirat coalition forces at the hands of Liu Chengzong.

Monan Mongolia, with the Chahar tribe as the core, actually had no chance of a decisive battle with Hou Jin.

They have been fighting with the Horqin, Zalut, Balin, Naiman, Aohan, Harashen, Tumut and other tribes.

From the perspective of an outsider, Liu Chengzong would have felt that Lin Danhan was oppressed by the threat of Hou Jin and fled westward, falling into his own tiger's mouth.

From Lin Danhan's point of view, he had always wanted to have a break with Huang Taiji, but before that, he had to quell the civil strife. In the end, he found that the quelling of the civil strife failed, and a bunch of tribes were holding back, unable to fight with Hou Jin, so they had no choice but to migrate westward.

This is especially true for the Mongolian nobles who were loyal to the Great Khan. They did not think Hou Jin was scary, but they just felt that the rebellious ministers and traitors in the Northern Yuan Dynasty were hateful.

With their mentality, the Chahar troops who were defeated and surrendered could only end up in one fate.

In the second year of Chongzhen, Wunage led the Eight Banners Mongolian left and right battalions to attack Chahar and surrendered two thousand households. Worried that his own soldiers could not control the surrender and that they would rebel and return to the Ming Dynasty, he spared two Mongolian nobles and killed the men. Guang, robbed eight thousand women and children and went back.

This is also the reason why ordinary Mongolian soldiers ran to the Ming Dynasty in waves during the chaos in Monan. They would join the border generals if they could, and they would join the peasant army leaders if they could.

In Yanmen Town, there are basically no large Mongolian tribes left in the past. There are only some small nobles who are attached to the Harashen tribe and graze their cattle in the corners.

The best pasture land near the Great Wall was planted by the Ming army on the border of the Ming Dynasty.

Last year was a big victory for the Ming army, so the Ming army was very bold. No matter where you go, inside or outside the Great Wall, all the land that can be cultivated will be planted with grain, and all the land that cannot be cultivated will be raised with sheep.

Guitu Taiji didn't dare to say a word.

Because the man who farms and raises sheep is named Fu Renxi, who is currently the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, and his job is to be responsible for the defense of Zhangjiakou.

Last year, Fu Renxi shined in the battle against Hou Jin and was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu. At the end of last year, Chen Bing's meritorious service against Yang Qi attracted the attention of Governor Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang was now the governor of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi. In order to quell the rebellion, internally he advocated opening mines and recruiting workers to break up the rebel party, while externally he tried to appease Yang Qi and prevent Monan from changing... Fu Renxi was responsible for the latter.

But in fact, because of Fu Renxi's existence, Guitutaiji hated Daming so much that his teeth itched.

Because Fu Renxi's soldiers were running all over Zhangjiakou, protecting the refugees recruited from Shanxi and reclaiming farmland outside Zhangjiakou, and recruiting Mongolians everywhere. The strong ones were recruited as barbarians, and the weak ones were raised as sheep for his army outside Zhangjiakou.

There is no way, as an important part of Yang Qi's circle trade, Fu Renxi is too rich.

But for Gotutaiji: Those are all mine!

But he didn't dare to start a war with Fu Renxi. After all, Fu Renxi held his grain.

And in the northeast of Yanmen Town, outside Miyun, is the Harashen tribe that Guitu Taiji can't afford to offend either.

Harashen and Haraqin mean the same thing, two translations of official documents from the Ming Dynasty.

Now is the time when the Harashen tribe, to be precise, is the most powerful era of the Ulyanha family.

The Harashen tribe used to be powerful. During the Dayan Khan era, Borai became the lord of the Harashen tribe. For a time, he gained the title of "the strongest Tatar tribe in Borai". He attacked Oara in the west and Uliangha in the east. The limelight lasted for a while.

After arriving in Jiajing, the pastureland of the Harashen tribe had reached outside Xuanfu in the west and Kaiping in the east, adjacent to Wuliangha, and soon occupied the land of Duoyanwei.

However, during the Chongzhen period, Su Budi, the leader of the thirty-six families of Duoyan, surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and obtained the official position of Duoyanwei governor. He also formed an alliance with Houjin and became one of the powerful feudal lords of the Harashen tribe.

Later, he attacked his lord, defeated his superiors, and occupied the Harashen tribe. Before his death, he became the master of the Harashen tribe as a foreign relative.

After his death, his son Gulu Siqibu fell to the late Jin Dynasty. Later, with the endorsement of the Jin Dynasty, he firmly took the position of the leader of the Harashen tribe.

After Lin Dan Khan rushed into Qinghai like a hurricane, from the outside of Ningxia to the north of Shanhaiguan, the Harashen tribe was the most powerful king on this grassland.

Tumut, who had only 3,900 soldiers, relied on Ningxia to suppress Ordos. These descendants of Bo'er Jijin were obviously not powerful figures compared to the Uliangha family of the Harashen tribe.

As for the small tribes such as Aohan, Naiman, Ongnute, and Bahrain, which relied on the Khan's breath in the early years, and later relied on back stabbing the Khan to surrender to Houjin, they would not be looked down upon by Gulu Siqibu.

Because they are all vassals of Hou Jin, and at this moment, Harashen is Hou Jin's ally.

Fortunately, Mobei's 100,000 cavalry launched a mighty charge outside Guihua City last year, which really left a deep impression on Gu Lusi Qibu.

This gave Qututaiji and the newly arrived Beiyuan remnants, old and young, enough time to stabilize the interior.

The Monan Governor's Mansion is not afraid of Harashen, but it is afraid of Guantutaiji.

Yang Qi and Bai Wenxuan's group of Han troops were not doing their job on the grassland all day long. There were only three thousand-man Mongolian cavalry under Guitu Taiji, so it was impossible for him to fight Harashen to the death.

But...to be honest, there isn't much time for stability.

After all, Monan belongs to them, but it is also the three Khans of Mobei who left the more than 200 Mongolian princes. These people are like madmen. They say hello without fighting, and the 20,000-strong army rushes into Harashen in a mighty manner. .

The Guitutai Ji people were all stunned. More than 20,000 cavalry rushed towards Harashen's tribe in front of their eyes.

Then in a very short period of time, they plundered all Harashen and came back carrying other people's wives, holding other people's sons, driving other people's cattle and sheep, and carrying other people's property.

Ruitu Taiji was so anxious that he almost jumped up. “You fucking eat alone!”

The soul of Mongolia was burning in the body. A battalion of Mongolian cavalry in Yanmen Town organized themselves without knowing what was going on and tried to kill the friendly forces.

Of course this may have nothing to do with Soul of Mongolia.

Because on the other side of the Great Wall, a special battalion affiliated with the Deputy General of the Xuanfu Army also organized itself and gathered outside Zhangjiakou, trying to go out and kill the Northern prisoners.

But soon, both Qututaiji and Fu Renxi were forced to calm down.

Dorgon is here.

With nearly 20,000 troops, they marched all the way from Shenyang.

As the fourteenth son of Nurhaci, Dorgon is only 23 years old this year, even one year younger than his elder brother Huang Taiji's son Hauge.

Despite his young age, Dorgon's political status has always been very high. As early as when he was eight years old, he was the lord with the most oxen in the Hou Jin Dynasty besides his adult brothers. He was also the ninth prince among the eight kings to discuss politics.

As we all know, there are nine people in the Eight Kings who discuss politics.

Eight-year-old Dorgon and his six-year-old brother Duduo share a quota. Together, they are fourteen, and they are considered adults in ancient times.

Up to now, Dorgon, as the leader of the White Banner, is one of the most powerful lords in Houjin.

To be honest, the situation of this Western Expedition was very difficult for Dorgon.

If he hadn't received a special mission from Tiancong Khan, Dorgon would have been happy to see his ally Harashen plundered.

After all, Dorgon had followed Huang Taiji to fight since he was a child, and he was his most beloved younger brother... his most beloved tool in the fight for power. He actually had the advantages of the two great men of Jianzhou.

He looks like Nurhaci and Huang Taiji.

And Huang Taiji... To be honest, he is nothing like Nurhachi in terms of ability and character, just like Temujin who appears with begging looks.

In Dorgon's knowledge system, war means winning to quell foreign troubles, and losing to eliminate internal strife.

Look at it from the long-term perspective that his old father taught him, and extend the time to five or ten years. There are no fucking allies in the world who are fooling fools.

A powerful country without allies is either not really strong or not a true ally.

Every one of the Jianzhou alliances was annexed.

Harashen is next in line.

But the problem is coming.

Why did Dorgon come with his troops?

He came to appease the Mongolian banner army, to establish a climate of trust in Monan people in Manchuria, to stabilize the domestic situation, and to clear away the haze caused by every family paying filial piety, with only a thousand households remaining in Shenyang city, and less than 10,000 households outside the city.

Yes, Yang Qi really didn't dare to fight him.

This can be seen from the case of Kuitu Taiji in Yanmen Town.

As soon as Gututaiji heard that Houjin's 20,000 soldiers came out to sweep across Monan, a battalion of self-armed Mongolian soldiers immediately issued orders to escape.

People packed up their belongings and furry livestock, took away whatever they could, and burned whatever they couldn't take away. They took the smoke and dust in the sky and ran away to Yunzhong County in the west.

It was the same in the south. When Fu Renxi saw such a huge movement of refugees outside the border, he immediately ordered the border troops to roll back everything that could be taken away from the border and burn it if they couldn't be taken away.

Fu Renxi saw clearly on the south side of the Great Wall. It was Liu Chengzong's Monan Governor's Mansion. He first sent more than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, and swarmed to the east to fight and rob.

We, Chief Soldier Fu, don’t know who they beat, but they robbed a lot of things, including livestock, property, women, children, cattle and horses, etc., all packed back in large and small bags.

It's such a good thing that you didn't call me.

Then Dorgon came with his army following the smell.

Obviously, the Hou Jin Army was attracted by the people from the Marshal's Mansion this time. To be fair, they shouldn't come to us if they want revenge or grievance.

But these days, the nature of war entrepreneurship is very important, and it is about being profitable and having food to eat.

Not to mention the issue of who loses and who wins when the Marshal's Mansion and the Hou Jin Army start a battle outside Zhangjiakou.

Emotionally, Fu Renxi certainly hopes that Yang Qi, the commander of the Marshal's Army, will win. He even wants to lead troops as reinforcements to help Yang Qi.

But objectively speaking, these two families are not from my fucking race, and one is competing against the other for poverty.

Dorgon led a group of Manchu poor ghosts with no logistics. It looked huge, but in fact there was not a single sheep. Fu Renxi didn't know how this group of people came all the way from Shenyang.

As for Yang Qi, a few Hans led a group of Mongolian robbers. Although they had just done a big job, they didn't have to worry about food for a short time.

But they are robbers.

It is not illegal to be born as a foreigner in the Ming Dynasty, and you can even become a high-ranking official or a famous general.

But robbers must have violated the law in the Ming Dynasty and should stay in prison. What's more, there is no food in prison these days. It's better to kill them on a different day than to kill them when the sun hits them.

Behind Fu Renxi is the border wall of the Ming Dynasty. On the other side of the border wall are the people of the Ming Dynasty in Shanxi who are being troubled by plague, famine and bandits.

And he is a Ming Dynasty border general who has guarded the border for four generations and been loyal to generations.

There is no room for error in this matter. Once the border troops are defeated, no matter whether Dorgon's Houjin army rushes into the border wall or Yang Qi's Mongolian soldiers leap over the wall and plunder, the consequences will be irreversible.

Therefore, Fu Renxi was on the safe side and sent troops to rush into Yanmen Town before Dorgon arrived outside Xuanfu and burned it again.

The order he gave to the soldiers was to burn the things that had not been burnt or leaked in time.

There are also wells dug by the Mongolian soldiers this year. They also poisoned, defecated, cut off the hair, then filled them with soil and stones, and then buried some steel wheel mines by the river.

In doing this, Fu Renxi was more active than Guitu Taiji.

He knew that the battlefield was outside the border. No matter who won the battle between Yang Qi and Dorgon, they would covet the property of the Ming people inside the border wall.

So Fu Renxi thought, since it's a battlefield, it's not my territory anyway, why should I be polite?

I have such a good relationship with Marshal Liu, why don't I just fill in a few of his small wells?

Dorgon was about to vomit.

He came with the mission of creating the heart of Monan in me.

But outside of Harashen's territory, let alone his worries, he didn't even see anyone when he walked all the way outside Zhangjiakou.

There was only black smoke billowing into the sky, and a well that was finally dug out, but a mouthful of dirty water with broken hair came out.

It shows the meeting gift left to him by the former Prince of Northern Yuan Dynasty and the current Duke of Marshal Mansion.

"I don't need to worry about it. I've already burned it. Just do as you please." (End of Chapter)